
Hand over them doubloons:
Fork it over:
Most pirates acquired their ships by stealing them. Stede Bonnet, a plantationer turned pirate Captain, used his sizable fortune to purchase a ship for 1,700 pounds. That is about 400,000 in current US dollars. Her name was Revenge, a 60-ton sloop.
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